Temecula is a city of 126,000 in Riverside County, about 35 miles southeast of downtown Riverside · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Temecula?
Temecula earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Theft makes up 61% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A.
A-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 797 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Temecula as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Temecula scores 797.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Temecula, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Temecula, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Temecula
Burglary stands out among cities graded A for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Temecula has 2.4.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Temecula
Most of Temecula grades well for property crime: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Temecula run from A+ to C.
98%
A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Temecula?
Reported property crime in Temecula has fallen 28% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 23 to 17 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 21%.
Property crime, change since 2019
TemeculaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Temecula. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Temecula
Property, US
2016
+0%
+15%
2017
+1%
+12%
2018
+3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-11%
-8%
2021
-3%
-10%
2022
+4%
-6%
2023
-8%
-7%
2024
-28%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Temecula
CrimeGrade™ estimates Temecula has about 21 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% less than the US as a whole and 24% less than California.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Temecula, about 61% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Temecula and nearby cities
Temecula has more property crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Sage and Rainbow have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Temecula. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Temecula is safer than 57% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Temecula apart: it has 3.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.23% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 61% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.49 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 60% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 58% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Temecula
Property crime costs Temecula about $18 million a year, or $145 per resident and about $448 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.7 million
$22
Theft
$8.3 million
$66
Vehicle theft
$3.4 million
$27
Arson
$220,000
$2
Vandalism
$3.6 million
$29
Total
$18 million
$145
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
